4th World Congress on Controversies, Debates and Consensus in Bone, Muscle and Joint Diseases (BMJD) 2016 Barcelona

Con­gressMed is proud to announce the 4^th World Con­gress on Con­tro­ver­sies, Debates and Con­sen­sus in Bone, Mus­cle and Joint Dis­eases (BMJD), which will take place from Octo­ber 20 – 22, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.

Over the years, tremen­dous advance­ments have been made in the clin­i­cal and basic sci­ence fields of bone, mus­cle and joint dis­eases. Bone, mus­cle and joint dis­eases are reach­ing epi­demi­o­log­i­cal dimen­sions and treat­ment pos­si­bil­i­ties are expand­ing. These devel­op­ments have cre­ated a need for debates and dis­cus­sions on numer­ous con­tro­ver­sial issues to opti­mize clin­i­cal outcomes.

The 4^th edi­tion of the BMJD Con­gress aims to con­tinue facil­i­tat­ing effec­tive debates on clin­i­cal and ther­a­peu­tic dilem­mas, sup­ported by evidence-​based med­i­cine and expert opin­ions result­ing in agree­ment on timely issues. The pro­gram pro­vides an effec­tive forum for dis­cussing and debat­ing such con­tro­ver­sies, by allow­ing ample time for speaker-​audience dis­cus­sions with world author­i­ties on osteoarthri­tis, rheuma­toid arthri­tis, inflam­ma­tory arthri­tis, pain, and other mus­cu­loskele­tal diseases.

We look for­ward to your par­tic­i­pa­tion and con­tri­bu­tion to the 4^th World Con­gress on Con­tro­ver­sies, Debates and Con­sen­sus in Bone, Mus­cle and Joint Dis­eases (BMJD), and to wel­com­ing you to the lively city of Barcelona.

Debates

• Non­s­teroidal anti-​inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for mus­cu­loskele­tal pain: Like it – not so much
• Pain in mus­cu­loskele­tal dis­eases: A periph­eral or cen­trally dri­ven process?

Round Table Discussion

• How to iden­tify respon­ders to intra-​articular treat­ments of knee osteoarthritis

Lectures

• Ankle osteoarthri­tis: Not such an uncom­mon symp­to­matic disease
• Spinal osteoarthri­tis: Learn­ing to deal with the inves­ti­ga­tion and man­age­ment in daily practice
• Mus­cu­loskele­tal pain: From mol­e­cules to pre­clin­i­cal models
• Inno­v­a­tive ther­a­pies for low back pain
• New imag­ing tech­nol­ogy: A crys­tal ball to pre­dict dis­ease pro­gres­sion and response to treat­ment in osteoarthritis?

Debates

• Cor­ti­cos­teroids in rheuma­toid arthri­tis: 60 years later
• Cor­ti­cos­teroids in rheuma­toid arthri­tis: When, how and how long?

Round Table Discussions

• Per­son­al­ized med­i­cine in rheuma­toid arthri­tis is here
• The dawn of per­son­al­ized med­i­cine in rheuma­toid arthritis

Lectures

• The rela­tion between joint and skin diseases
• Man­age­ment of co-​morbidities in rheuma­toid arthritis
• Role of imag­ing in the man­age­ment of rheuma­toid arthritis
• Dose adjust­ment in rheuma­toid arthritis
• Vac­ci­na­tion and rheuma­toid arthritis

Chairpersons

• Bernard Combe, France
• Bou­los Haraoui, Canada
• Jean Pierre-​Pelletier, Canada
• Johanne Martel-​Pelletier, Canada
• Jordi Mon­fort Faure, Spain

Sci­en­tific Committee

• Mike Berger, Canada
• Fran­cisco J. Blanco, Spain
• Graeme Jones, Aus­tralia
• Emmanuel Maheu, France
• San­ti­ago Pala­cios, Spain
• Ingrid Möller Par­era, Spain
• Janet Pope, Canada
• Jean-​Pierre Ray­nauld, Canada

Edu­ca­tional needs and expected outcomes

• Assess and appraise con­tro­ver­sial issues based on the lat­est find­ings by lead­ing sci­en­tists in the field of Osteo­poro­sis, Rheuma­toid Arthri­tis, Inflam­ma­tory Arthri­tis, Pain, and related Mus­cu­loskele­tal Diseases
• Eval­u­ate best prac­tices in Osteo­poro­sis, Rheuma­toid Arthri­tis, Inflam­ma­tory Arthri­tis, Pain, and related Mus­cu­loskele­tal Diseases
• Dis­cuss new sci­en­tific knowl­edge and recent research find­ings in the field of Osteo­poro­sis, Rheuma­toid Arthri­tis, Inflam­ma­tory Arthri­tis, Pain, and related Mus­cu­loskele­tal Diseases
• Rec­og­nize oppor­tu­ni­ties for sci­en­tific col­lab­o­ra­tions around the world
• Inte­grate the most up to date infor­ma­tion in their clin­i­cal and research activities
• Eval­u­ate the most impor­tant aspects of diag­no­sis and treat­ment in Osteo­poro­sis, Rheuma­toid Arthri­tis, Inflam­ma­tory Arthri­tis, Pain, and related Mus­cu­loskele­tal Diseases
• Pre­sen­ta­tions, dis­cus­sions and debates will focus on the lat­est devel­op­ments in Osteo­poro­sis, Rheuma­toid Arthri­tis, Inflam­ma­tory Arthri­tis, Pain, and related Mus­cu­loskele­tal Diseases

Dis­clo­sure of Con­flicts of Inter­est (COI)

All dec­la­ra­tions of poten­tial or actual con­flicts of inter­est, whether due to a finan­cial or other rela­tion­ship, must be pro­vided to the EAC­CME® upon sub­mis­sion of the appli­ca­tion. Dec­la­ra­tions must include whether any fee, hon­o­rar­ium or arrange­ment for re-​imbursement of expenses in rela­tion to the event has been provided.

Indus­try sup­port disclosure

We con­firm that all fund­ing pro­vided is free of any attempt to influ­ence the pro­gram, indi­vid­ual ses­sions, sub­jects for dis­cus­sion, con­tent or choice of fac­ulty mem­bers con­flicts of inter­est. Sup­port of the Con­gress is kept in strict accor­dance with CME/​CPD accred­i­ta­tion criteria.